Sin Dong-il (신동일)

Born in 1968, Sin graduated from the Korea Academy of Film Arts. He worked as assistant director in "Corset" (1996, JUNG Byung-gak) and "Poison" (1997, PARK Jae-ho). His short film, "The Holy Family" (2001) was invited to compete in Cannes. He also directed three feature films, "Host and Guest" (2005), "My Friend and His Wife" (2006), and "Bandhobi" (2009).

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Multiculturalism a New Theme in Korean Movies2012/01/13, Source,
More and more Korean movies, including "Pacemaker" by director Kim Dal-joong that opens next Thursday, are taking on the theme of multiculturalism that is changing the face of Korean society. In 2010, one out of every 10 marriages involved a foreign spouse, while the number of children from multicultural families has grown seven-fold from 25,000 in 2006 to 160,000 in 2010. And this trend is being portrayed more frequently on the silver screen.
It was TV dramas that first dealt with the issue. The SBS dramas "Hanoi Bride" (2005) and "Golden Bride" (2007) featured a Korean man who married a Vietnamese woman. But the main focus of those soaps was mostly about the love between a man and a woman that transcended borders. They avoided dealing with the complex issues facing multicultural families. However, recent movies have shown more interest in depicting how families from different social and cultural backgrounds manage in Korean society,...More

Sin Dong-il (신동일)

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